How to Clean a Microfiber Couch

We have microfiber couches we bought right after our oldest daughter was born. She had severe GERD, then food issues, then twins were born right after that… anyway, our couches are beyond help. We need new ones, but maybe if we had seen this awesomeness, we could have saved our expensive microfiber couches, that we were assured were stain resistant. HAHA! Save yours after the stomach flu! Here’s how,  for a couple of bucks with all items you can get at the dollar store!:

What You’ll Need:

• Empty spray bottle (you can get these at the dollar store)
• Several WHITE sponges (ONLY white – any other color will transfer onto your couch and make a worse stain)
• WHITE bristle brush scrubber (ONLY WHITE – see above)
• Plain rubbing alcohol (water stains microfiber, as we know, and alcohol evaporates faster so it won’t stain)

Directions:

1. Pour alcohol into spray bottle, then spray the rubbing alcohol onto the microfiber, completely saturating the stained area.
2. Using the white SPONGE (not brush), start scrubbing the stain right away. Scrub hard!! It will take muscle to get the stain out of microfiber. You will start to see the stain coming off onto the white of the sponge if you’re doing it well.
3. If the sponge is dirty on both sides, move on to another, clean white sponge. If you continue to use a dirty one, you’ll just transfer the stain back into the microfiber.
4. Once the stain is onto your sponge and off the fabric (using your best guess since it will be wet and hard to see if it’s stain or just wet), allow the fabric to dry fully. It will be hard to the touch, but that’s okay. Leave it for now.
5. If the area that was stained is still dirty, repeat #1-4 until the stain is completely gone.
6. Once the stain is gone and fabric is completely dry, using a swirling motion, fluff back up the microfiber fabric until it looks normal again.

EASY right? Almost too easy. I am so glad to have found this and happy to be able to share it with you! :)